Set the Priorities Straight

     OK so I'm going to start by saying if you a celebrity crazy, gossip loving, and you don't pay attention to the news then you should stop reading this blog. It will just upset you and may cause you to have a mini break down, so last chance to go to Perez Hilton's website. I REPEAT LAST CHANCE!

     Well if you're still reading I appreciate it and maybe you continued to read because you feel the same way as me. I am sick and tired of hearing about destructive actors like Charlie Sheen or Lindsey Lohan, the NFL complaining about working more but not getting paid more, or which celebrity couple is having another baby. Honestly people let's set our priorities straight ok! There was just a massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan leaving thousands dead, their nuclear plant was hit which is causing a significant amount of radiation which will result in cancer, towns were completely destroyed. American unemployment is rising, almost every state is in debt beyond belief, the homeless population is on the rise. We are at war and men and women who are bravely serving our country are dying so that we can live another day as a free nation.

                                                    

     Now I don't know about you but I hardly hear anything about these major issues and to me that is a huge problem! We as a nation need to wake up and realize that there are more important things happening in our world than Charlie Sheen's "tiger blood" or the sex of a celebrity's baby. Japan was hit very hard and it will most likely take them years to rebuild, families were destroyed and ripped apart, and their food and water supply right now is barely livable. America just seems to be spiraling down fast our debt is outrageous, homelessness, unemployment, and for closure is on a rise. And we are fighting a war that should have been over a long time ago, but instead our soldiers are still being killed.

                                                     

Now if you can look at this next picture without a tear coming to your eye then you might have something wrong with you.

                                                

If you look closely those are dead bodies along with ruble and various other items. It was said that over 2,000 dead bodies washed up on the shore. How can our world see this and go on with our daily routine? It's disgusting, these are fish or garbage but someone's Mom, Dad, Brother, or Sister lying dead along with garbage. If anything is taken from this picture it would be to take for granted NOTHING and appreciate EVERYTHING. Remember before you leave to say "I Love You" to people you care about because you never know if it's your last time seeing them. Don't forget this picture because if you do you're disrespect all the people that died. We are now their voice so maybe spend a little more time worrying about the economy or disaster areas rather than which star is going to jail next.

Keep Calm and Carry On

Footprints in the Sand

One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord.
Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.
Sometimes there were two sets of footprints,
other times there were one set of footprints.

This bothered me because I noticed
that during the low periods of my life,
when I was suffering from
anguish, sorrow or defeat,
I could see only one set of footprints.

So I said to the Lord,

“You promised me Lord,
that if I followed you,
you would walk with me always.
But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life
there have only been one set of footprints in the sand.
Why, when I needed you most, you have not been there for me?”

The Lord replied,
“The times when you have seen only one set of footprints in the sand,
is when I carried you.” - Mary Stevenson

(I took this picture on vacation)

   

     I was on vacation from Feb 27th-March 6th we left out of Puerto Rico and went on a 7 day cruise. Needless to say it was an amazing time. On Saturday before we left I was walking the beach with my family and looked back and saw this. I couldn't help but take a picture because it reminded me of the Footprints in the Sand poem. This poem has a part of my life for a very long time and it continues to be, it was on my grandma's wake card and recently on my neighbor's wake card also. If you truly knew me you would know that I am not a mushy or soft person at all, but this blog lets me express that side of me. So forgive me about how sad/ mushy/ soft these posts have been. I am a thinker and when on vacation or by myself I go into deep thought and really find things out about myself and the world I live in.

     After I took this picture I watched as the waves came and washed my footprints away and left the sand as though I had never even walked on it. And just like that my brain started whirling around and I started thinking. I am only 19 years old and I think about my future often. I dislike this very much because now a days people my age can't live for today, we must think about tomorrow, a month from now, and even years from now. So I started thinking how I was going to leave my ''footprints'' on this Earth and insure that they were never swept away. I want to think that I can somehow change this world in a good way. I've started by volunteering since I was 5 but I feel like it's not enough. I know everyone strives to do something amazing and be remembered forever whether it be in sports, science, business etc. But maybe I should just let things happen because I truly believe everything happens for a reason. I mean look at Rosa Parks, I don't think she even imagined that not giving up her seat would start a chain reaction and that she would be forever remembered. I think everyone has it in them to become a hero or change a life, you just have to look deep enough inside of you. Maybe it's holding the door open for someone, giving your spot up in line, smiling etc. It's the simple things that need to start in order to see a bigger change in our world.

     Who knows maybe I'm dreaming and thinking too big. Maybe our world is beyond change and that everyone has accepted how dreary and just bad our world has become. But I still have hope that things could get better. That's probably all I have is hope right now because I sure don't have money! I'll still try and make a difference each day even if it's not that big of a one. So for now I'll live by this quote~To the world you may just be one person, but to one person you may be the world!